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The new album's called "Root Hog or Die!" Its first single is "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child."

If that doesn't convince you that Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper have a head full of loose screws, see them live Monday at The Jetty in Virginia Beach.

Since 1985, Nixon and Roper have written batches of crazy tunes that bounce cheerily along with a rockabilly backbeat - songs without an ounce of social politeness, like 1987's "Elvis Is Everywhere" (his spirit is inside everyone except for Michael J. Fox).

Nixon is the leader of the band, the front man who "got his mojo risin'" when he met Roper, a drummer. The two call themselves true roots-rock fans of the music coming from Memphis in the 1950s.

With the aformentioned "Debbie Gibson ..." currently bringing laughter to rock radio, it's no wonder National Enquirer sales are so high.

See Nixon and Roper get zany at 9 p.m. Monday at The Jetty, 17th Street at the beach, with local opening act Left Wing Fascists. Tickets cost $7 and are available at the door.